Halfway through my blog vacation (change in comment policy)
Thank you Werner Vogels! — By kicking our behinds when we visited Amazon for [a book reading] an executive review on corporate blogging, he taught us a valuable lesson: "always be prepared."
Sun: Chasing after (and may catch) the open source DReaM
In March 2006, in a podcast interview with ZDNet, Sun president and COO Jonathan Schwartz dropped a hint that his company had something in the works that was very much like the Liberty Alliance (in th...
Information regarding MS06-015
Hi everyone, Mike Reavey here. I wanted to quickly let you know about some things related to MS06-015 that we've gotten some customer questions on. First, we're currently tracking an issue involving...
China outlaws Outlook
Unlicensed email servers illegal under new rule — China has introduced regulations that make it illegal to run an email server without a licence. The new rules, which came into force two weeks ago,...
Office 2.0 on Overdrive
The pace at which new Office 2.0 applications are being released seems to be accelerating. For some applications, like Google Calendar, it's good news. For others, such as ajaxXLS, not really so. —...
Reading the tea leaves: where the money is and isn't - new business models emerge
As Dave Winer and I were discussing how to pull off the unplanned unconference opposite Kevin Werbach's Supernova - it was the collision of business models that most dominated my mindstate.
Why Windows is less secure than Linux
Windows is inherently harder to secure than Linux. There I said it. The simple truth. — Many millions of words have been written and said on this topic. I have a couple of pictures. The basic ar...
All Bets Are Off, Online Anyway
The United States is taking aim at internet casino ads as tensions build in a high-profile trade fight over the country's largely toothless online gambling ban. — Although many website operators ins...
Apple Gets a Big Slice Of Product-Placement Pie
Movie, TV Roles Keep Firm in Ever-Brighter Spotlight — When scriptwriters of the hit NBC show "The Office" wanted the boss character to give a cool gift that the show's co-workers would later resent...
We added new support for Yahoo!
Natural light 'to reinvent bulbs'
A light source that could put the traditional light bulb in the shade has been invented by US scientists. — The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) emits a brilliant white light when attached to an ...
Jury verdict is more good news for TiVo
MARSHALL, Texas (AP) - In a case cast as crucial to TiVo's survival, a federal jury decided that EchoStar Communication Corp. copied key technologies from the digital video recording pioneer and award...
Hackable, Playable LED/Pad Music Interface
The Monome is a new music interface with LED-backlit pads, a USB interface that transmits OSC and MIDI data to a computer, and — here's the unusual part — open source, hackable firmware and software i...
Apple's iTunes must play fair in French music market: minister
Apple Computer Inc. should have anticipated that the exclusive union of its iPod music players and online iTunes store would be challenged in France, Trade Minister Christine Lagarde said. — "It sho...
Microsoft Origami: "Too revolutionary"
Price, Interface Dampen 'Origami' PC Debut — 'Origami' Stumps CEOs in Jobs-Style Presentation — Overpriced, underwhelming, cumbersome: pick three.
Companies blocking employees from reading RSS feeds
I dream of a world without prejudice. Wars will be a distant memory. No child will go to bed hungry. And organizations will trust their employees enough to let them subscribe to RSS feeds. — In c...
Becoming an Aggregator
According to The Social Software Weblog, Newsweek has launched a private-label RSS reader powered by Newsgator Online. it includes Newsweek feeds. I am a fan of co-branded readers. In this new world...
Better input and bigger screens for cell phones? How about virtual screen from Samsung?
Have you been struggling with the text input on you phone, when writing SMS message or entering calendar appointment? With the need to press phone key 5 times just to get to the desired character?
Microsoft's Social Search Plans & Eurekster
Microsoft's Social Search Plans & Eurekster — Microsoft's MSN is planning on the launch of a social search and question-and-answer service which is bound to try and compete with Yahoo's MyWeb and An...
Sprint Treo 700p mid May, first week of June latest
Ok, I just spoke to my contact again a few minutes ago. The Treo 700p is most likely end of May, latest first week of June. she said said it was originally supposed to be mid may, but they are finish...
Pulver's Post-Disaster Communications Petition now in FCC public Comments period
Jeff Pulver notes that on Monday the FCC put out for public comment the Post-Disaster Communications Petition that he and Tom Evslin and I filed back in March. — The FCC is soliciting comments on th...